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Functional Neurological Disorder, Reframed

Science sheds new light on a disorder that medicine forgot

11 minute read
Collage of medical themes; anatomical drawings, a hand and fingers, brain scan, and brain diagrams. Tone is clinical, analytical, with green and gray hues.
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Constance Chu’s Joint Ventures

Through both research and clinical practice, this orthopedic surgeon works to preserve and promote knee joint health

4 minute read
A woman stands in a laboratory holding a femur bone, surrounded by scientific equipment and lab supplies

Improving Communication With Deaf Patients

Workshops introduce students, health professionals to best practices

2 min read
Close-up of two hands belonging to a person of color as they form the ASL sign for “interpreter.” The person’s head is unseen as they sit in a chair in a button-down shirt.

Building Stronger Health Systems Saves Lives, Madagascar Experiment Shows

Project highlights importance of data-driven science to advance global health

6 min read
Two people walk along a dirt path bordered by green vegetation and rice paddies in a hilly rural area.

Family Van Shows How Mobile Health Clinics Can Save Lives, Money

But federal funding cuts put the brakes on project to improve national health care access

4 min read
A brightly painted blue mobile clinic van parked on a city street. The side reads “The Family Van” and advertises free health screenings, with the website and phone number displayed above the windshield.

The First Precision Medicine for a Genetic Heart Disease

Discoveries in the Seidman Lab gave way to a novel treatment for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

4 min read
Kricket and Jonathan Seidman and industry colleague Robert McDowell share the story of the journey that led to mavacamten
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A Former Member of ACIP on the Dismantling of the Vaccine Recommendation Process

Lin Chen helped shape recommendations on vaccines. Now she worries about the future of the U.S. health care infrastructure and the spread of preventable disease.

7 min read
A woman stands in an office in front of two computer screens and looks toward the window with a serious expression.
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David Kessler on What Doctors and Patients Should Know About GLP-1 Drugs

GLP-1 agonists have enormous potential for public health. But “we don’t know enough about how to use these drugs in the real world,” says the former head of the FDA.

6 min read
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Viral Hepatitis Project Engages Community to Transform Care

How primary care can be a prescription for the world’s biggest health challenges

7 min read
Transmission electron microscope image showing spherical Hepatitis B virus particles, highlighted in orange, against a textured blue background. The contrast coloring highlights the viral particles dispersed in the field, with a cluster of four particles on the right and a single particle on the left.

What Cancer Treatment Can Teach Us About Dealing With Retinal Disease

Joan Miller’s innovative thinking on macular degeneration has helped millions

4 min read
Joan Miller smiles at the camera in an office setting
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In a World with HIV Treatment, Why Are Teenagers Still Dying of AIDS?

Adolescents living with HIV face unique barriers to care. A pioneering intervention in Peru was closing the gap, but federal grant terminations put the program at risk.

6 min read
Aerial view of San Cristóbal Hill in the Rímac district of Lima, Peru, densely packed with informal housing and winding, narrow streets. The hillside is covered with colorful, tightly clustered homes built into the steep terrain, illustrating the crowded urban development of the area.
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Who Will Care for Cancer Survivors?

A growing number of patients living with and after cancer are shuffled between oncology and primary care. Can survivorship be transformed for both patients and physicians?

12 min read
Ilana Yurkiewicz walking through the hallway at a clinic